Description
First published in 1946, Mammals of Nevada is a monumental work. Hall and a team of more than sixty scientists, graduate students, and staff members of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology in Kansas spent innumerable hours trapping, preparing, studying, and documenting thousands of specimens found within the state. This long out-of-print reference contains extensive examinations of the topography, climate, life zones, and floral and faunal areas. Hundreds of illustrations enhance the work. This updated edition features a new foreword and updated taxonomy by Timothy Lawlor.

Reviews
“This comprehensive and thorough work is again readily available to those interested in the mammals of Nevada and adjacent states. Hall’s careful recording of locations and his noting of ecological factors affecting mammal distribution provide a firm and essential background for modern studies of the taxonomy, ecology, and distribution of mammals in Nevada. Hall gives extensive comments on speciation, ecology, life history, habitat requirements, field methods, and species relationships with humans. His comments on coyote, jackrabbit, and pocket gopher problems and on registered traplines are still surprisingly pertinent.” —A.S. Mossman, CHOICE, July/August 1996

"As the best and most thorough of any of the mammal books for the western states, the information contained in Mammals of Nevada serves as the baseline for any and all analyses of diversity for the state of Nevada, and the entire Great Basin." —James L. Patton, past president of the American Association of Mammalogists

"Raymond Hall's Mammals not only contains a wealth of date on the distribution and systematics of mammals in the state, it is also filled with observations and interpretations of their natural history, ecology, and biogeography. Several of my early papers were inspired by Hall's insightful commentary. This reprinted volume will be a wonderful resource for the next generation of mamalogists and field biologists." —James H. Brown, Regents' Professor of Biology, University of New Mexico

"This classic work is not only a major treatise on Nevada's mammals, but it is also a valuable reference on the ecology and natural history of the state." —Peter F. Brussard, Professor and Chair, University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Biology

Contents
Updated Taxonomy
Foreword to the New Edition
Introduction
Aims
Methods
Plan of Treatment
Topography
Climate
Floral Belts
Life-Zones
Occurrence of Mammals in Nevada
Faunal Areas
Factors Responsible for Geographic Distribution and Speciation
Clines
Speciation
Desert Character of Mammalian Fauna
Check List of Mammals
Key to Species of Nevadan Mammals
Accounts of Species and Subspecies
Hypothetical List of Mammals
Type Localities
Gazetteer
Glossary
Literature Cited
Index